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From: Scott F. <sc...@un...> - 2007-08-29 17:25:10
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Hey there! I'm writing to say that I came across a piece of software that looks like it is violating the cdrdao license. It appears that they are trying to hide the fact that they are using it by wrapping your software in a DLL. The name of the closed-source software is DVD Photo Slideshow (http://www.dvd-photo-slideshow.com). The only email address I can find on their site is su...@an... . The software sells for $60 (!!) and is highly dependent on the software that it is mis-using. The software is also violating the licenses of several software packages as well. I am sending those other projects a similar email. For GPL packages, there is no source available. For LGPL packages, there is no license anywhere and there is no link to download the sofware. grep'ing the installation shows that there is no mention of 'gpl' anywhere. Project Component License --------------------------------------------------------------- cdrecord mkisofs GPL cdrdao cdrdao GPL dvdauthor dvdauthor, spumux GPL id3lib id3lib LGPL lame lame LGPL mjpeg-tools mpeg2enc, mplex GPL I may very well have missed other violations. This is pretty freaking stupid of the company. With such a large number of violations, I'm wondering if the FSF would jump in to represent all of the projects? - Scott Fritzinger Founder and former developer for the gPhoto Project |
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From: Denis L. <den...@ya...> - 2007-08-29 17:41:17
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--- Scott Fritzinger <sc...@un...> wrote: > Hey there! > > I'm writing to say that I came across a piece of software that looks > like it is violating the cdrdao license. It appears that they are > trying > to hide the fact that they are using it by wrapping your software in > a DLL. > > The name of the closed-source software is DVD Photo Slideshow > (http://www.dvd-photo-slideshow.com). The only email address I can > find > on their site is su...@an... . The software sells for $60 > (!!) > and is highly dependent on the software that it is mis-using. > > The software is also violating the licenses of several software > packages > as well. I am sending those other projects a similar email. For GPL > packages, there is no source available. For LGPL packages, there is > no > license anywhere and there is no link to download the sofware. > grep'ing > the installation shows that there is no mention of 'gpl' anywhere. > > Project Component License > --------------------------------------------------------------- > cdrecord mkisofs GPL > cdrdao cdrdao GPL > dvdauthor dvdauthor, spumux GPL > id3lib id3lib LGPL > lame lame LGPL > mjpeg-tools mpeg2enc, mplex GPL > > I may very well have missed other violations. This is pretty freaking > > stupid of the company. With such a large number of violations, I'm > wondering if the FSF would jump in to represent all of the projects? Yes definitely, we need to seek help from either (or both) EFF and FSF. |
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From: Scott F. <sc...@un...> - 2007-08-29 18:40:38
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Denis and others, In the DVD Photo Slideshow installation, the file "BurnLib.dll" contains cdrdao (and Nero client libraries). If you grep for "PQChannelEncoder", you'll see the mention. If you hex edit it, you'll see the cdrdao error messages and strings around "PQChannelEncoder". -Scott Denis Leroy wrote: > > Yes definitely, we need to seek help from either (or both) EFF and FSF. > > --- Scott Fritzinger <sc...@un...> wrote: >> Hey there! >> >> I'm writing to say that I came across a piece of software that looks >> like it is violating the cdrdao license. It appears that they are >> trying >> to hide the fact that they are using it by wrapping your software in >> a DLL. >> >> The name of the closed-source software is DVD Photo Slideshow >> (http://www.dvd-photo-slideshow.com). The only email address I can >> find >> on their site is su...@an... . The software sells for $60 >> (!!) >> and is highly dependent on the software that it is mis-using. >> >> The software is also violating the licenses of several software >> packages >> as well. I am sending those other projects a similar email. For GPL >> packages, there is no source available. For LGPL packages, there is >> no >> license anywhere and there is no link to download the sofware. >> grep'ing >> the installation shows that there is no mention of 'gpl' anywhere. >> >> Project Component License >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> cdrecord mkisofs GPL >> cdrdao cdrdao GPL >> dvdauthor dvdauthor, spumux GPL >> id3lib id3lib LGPL >> lame lame LGPL >> mjpeg-tools mpeg2enc, mplex GPL >> >> I may very well have missed other violations. This is pretty freaking >> >> stupid of the company. With such a large number of violations, I'm >> wondering if the FSF would jump in to represent all of the projects? |
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From: Denis L. <den...@ya...> - 2007-08-29 20:53:01
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--- Scott Fritzinger <sc...@un...> wrote: > Denis and others, > > In the DVD Photo Slideshow installation, the file "BurnLib.dll" > contains > cdrdao (and Nero client libraries). If you grep for > "PQChannelEncoder", > you'll see the mention. If you hex edit it, you'll see the cdrdao > error > messages and strings around "PQChannelEncoder". > > -Scott So have you tried contacting them (and when) ? |
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From: Thomas P. <tp...@gm...> - 2007-08-31 10:34:53
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Joerg Schilling (Joe...@fo...) wrote: > Thomas Plank <tp...@gm...> wrote: >> Hallo Jörg! >> >> Da auch Teile deines Programmes dabei verwendet werden, schick ich dieses >> Mail weiter, solltest du es nicht bereits kennen: > Danke für die Info! Bitte gerne. > Bist Du auf der Mailingliste? Ja, als cdrdao 1.2.2 herauskam, habe ich es nur mühsam auf win32 zum Laufen gebracht, seither habe ich die Liste abonniert. > Ist da eine Antwort gekommen? Irgendwie scheint cdrdao ja relativ tot zu sein. Ja, es gab Replies. Sende sie dir auch. Es war erst das 5.e Thema in diesem Jahr, also so gut wie kein Traffic. -- mfg Thomas |
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From: Denis L. <den...@ya...> - 2007-08-31 12:27:29
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--- Thomas Plank <tp...@gm...> wrote: > Joerg Schilling (Joe...@fo...) wrote: > > > Thomas Plank <tp...@gm...> wrote: > > >> Hallo Jörg! > >> > >> Da auch Teile deines Programmes dabei verwendet werden, schick ich > dieses > >> Mail weiter, solltest du es nicht bereits kennen: > > > Danke für die Info! > > Bitte gerne. > > > Bist Du auf der Mailingliste? > > Ja, als cdrdao 1.2.2 herauskam, habe ich es nur mühsam auf win32 zum > Laufen gebracht, seither habe ich die Liste abonniert. > > > Ist da eine Antwort gekommen? Irgendwie scheint cdrdao ja relativ > tot zu sein. > > Ja, es gab Replies. > Sende sie dir auch. > > Es war erst das 5.e Thema in diesem Jahr, also so gut wie kein > Traffic. In english please. |
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From: Thomas P. <tp...@gm...> - 2007-08-31 21:54:13
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Denis Leroy (den...@ya...) wrote: > In english please. Sorry for that. I forwarded Scott's mail to Joerg Schilling who is the programmer of the cdrtools which are also affected by the GPL violations. Since the "Reply-To:" header was set this mail shouldn't have been sent to the cdrdao mailing list. -- mfg Thomas |
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